The NBA is a player’s league, and thus coaches often receive more credit than they deserve when they win and more blame than they should shoulder when they lose.
Such was Alvin Gentry’s fate when he led a 13-28 roster to a 13-28 record.
Gentry was the same coach at the helm of a Western Conference Finals [...]

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Alvin Gentry is out.
What his departure means for the Suns’ franchise will be covered in detail here at Valley of the Suns over the next few days. For now, let’s not dwell in the past. The front office is expected to announce an interim head coach soon, but in the meantime, we’ve compiled a list [...]

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PHOENIX – Something didn’t feel right on Planet Orange, and though it still might feel uneasy, let’s focus on the past.
The Phoenix Suns and head coach Alvin Gentry decided it was best to move in a new direction, and the team mutually parted ways with the head coach of five-plus years on Friday. The [...]

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Updated 1:56 p.m. MST: Alvin Gentry and the Phoenix Suns have agreed to part ways nearly halfway through the 2012-13 season and with the team sitting at the bottom of the Western Conference standings at 13-28.
The official announcement from the team came hours after a 98-94 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks had Gentry clearly frustrated. [...]

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There is an era of good feeling around the Valley these days, and while that era might be as temporary as the Phoenix Suns’ current four-game win streak, it’s safe to say both have something to do with Alvin Gentry’s recent lineup changes (reinstating Jared Dudley and Luis Scola as starters).
The Phoenix Suns have used [...]

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PHOENIX — The adage goes that if it isn’t broke, don’t fix it.
But for Alvin Gentry and the Phoenix Suns, the complete opposite may be true these days.
Stuck in the middle of a seven-game losing streak — the franchise’s longest since February 2004 — Gentry has proven that he is willing to do whatever it [...]

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